Tangled-grain separator.



No, 734.322. PAENT-ED JULYzl, 190s.. A. A. HAMILTON.

TANGLBD GRAIN sBPARAToR..

APPLIOATIN FILED MAB.. 14. 1903. N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET l..

No. 734,322. PATBNTBD JULY 21, 190s.

A. A. HAMILTON.

TANGLED GRAIN SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 14, 1903.

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A. A. HAMILTON.

TANGLED GRAIN SBPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14, 1903.

N0 MODEL. v 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

side of the separator.

view-of the separator. Fig. 3 is la perspec-v UNITE-D STATES Patented :July ai, ieo.

PATENT OFFICE.

l TANGLED-G RAIN SEPARATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,322, dated July 21', 1903.

Application led March 14.1903.. Serial No. 147,791. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern:

- Beit known that I, ALPHEUs A. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Tan gled-Grain Separators, of which the following'is a specificaleft hand machine, as fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view looking toward the inner Fig. 2 is an outside tive view of the metallic head-frame.Y Figs.

4 and 5 are views showing the means for attaching the separator to the separator-board of the machine. Fig. 6 is a Vsectional view showingthe method of securing the arms to the head. Fig. 7 is a detached side view of the socket, and Figs. 8 and 9 are views of the wedge-piece. l

As set forth in my above-mentioned patent, the invention is adapted to be attached to any ordinary harvester-binder or single or combined reaper, so that an ordinary machine can be used without the attachment when cutting straight grain; but when fallen grain is to be cut it can be readilysecured in position on the machine, and the separator will completely separate the grain to be cut from the fallen grain at theside. Y

D is the head of the attachment, made in the form of a triangular frame, as shown in Fig. 3. The base portion d of the frame is pointed at the forward end and slightly turned up to form a nose d. At the rear isa socket c for the nose of the inclined separator-board of the harvesting-machine.

of the frame D forms. the front of the separator and is also shaped to form a socket c for the reception of the arm B. The method of coupling this arm to the frame willbe de,- scribed hereinafter.

The Vportion d.

A is the separator-board, shaped to fit into the space between the sides of the frame D, the board being secured to the frame by bolts a a.'v One side of the frame d3 is continued from the socket c to the socket c in the present instance.

The frame Dean be made of steelor of malleable iron, being comparatively light and having sufficient strength to withstand the strain to which it is subjected.

The side arm E is mounted in a socket F, pivoted at f to the separator-boardfA and adjustably secured to theseparator-board by means of the bolt g, which passes througha slotted extension f' 'off the sock'etF. The board A basa series of holes for the reception of the boltg, so that by looseningth'e bolt the socket F can turn on its pivotf and can be adjusted to any point desired. The socket F and its arm E can be applied to either side of the separator by simply removing the bolt and adjusting it on the opposite side. The socket is notched on its under side, so as to clear the iframe cl3 of the headfD.

In order to firmly secure the arm E to the d I which engage a projection f3 on the platefz,

and a bolt e', having a nut e2, is passed through the arm E, through the slot t in the Wedge I, and through an opening in the platefz. The wedge can be adjusted so as to swing the arm E toward or from the board A, and when the wedge is in proper position the screwis turned to rigidly hold the parts together. The nut on the screw-bolt is prevented from turning in the socket by lianges or other suitable means. This same construction is used in securing the arm .B to the socket c' inthe headframe`D,f-andthe arm can be raised or lowered by adjusting-the wedge.

In order that the attachment may beladj usted to any angle desired in respect'toV the separator-boardf the machine, I secure adjustable hinge-brackets tothe separatorboard of the machine and to the separatorboard of the attachment.

`M is a hinge-bracket having two arms m m'. One arm has two slots 'in it in the present inl'OOv stance, and bolts 7c k pass through these slots and through longitudinal slots a in the separator-board A. The arm m' has slots therein, and a bolt passes through the slots and into the separator-board of the machine.

m2 is a pivot-pin in the form of a bolt having a nut m3.

'lhe two hubs n n', one secured to the arm m and the other secured to the arm m', have serrated faces, so that when one arm is adjusted in respect to the other and the nut 'm3 is tightened on the bolt it will draw the two serrated faces together and form a rigid lock and hold the two arms in the adjusted position. When the nut is backed off, the arm can be readily adjusted and locked again in any position desired.

M is a hinged bracket similar to the bracket M, with the exception that the arm which is secured to the separator-board A is not as long as the arm m.

I preferably serrate both faces of each hub n n', so that either face can be used.

The brackets can be readily detached and secured to the opposite side of the board, so that the separator can be used on either a right or left hand harvester.

It will be understood that my invention need be applied to a reaping-machine only when it is desired to cut a iield of tangled grain, and when straight grain is to be cut the attachment can be removed, if desired. It can be applied to the machine by simply securing the arms m m of the hinge-brackets M M' to the separator of the machine by two bolts, and the separator-board of the attachment can be adjusted to any angle desired and locked by means of the devices illustrated. The separator-nose of the machine rests in the socket c, and the attachment is therefore held rigid in respect to the machine.

In the present instance the arm B is only adjustable vertically; but the arm E can be raised or lowered or moved toward or from the separator-board and locked at any point desired. The arms-when adjusted are held rigidly in their sockets, and the sockets need not be accurately made, as the parts can be fitted when assembled.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination in a tangled-grain separator for harvesting and reaping machines, of a triangular head-frame having a socket at one end for the reception of the nose of the harvesting-machine and at the forward end a turned-up nose, and having at its upper end a socket, with a separator-board having its forward end mounted in the frame and secured thereto, and an arm mounted in the upper socket of the frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a separator-boa rd of aharvesting-machine,a socket,an arm mounted in the socket, a wedge for adjusting the arm in respect to the separator-board, and

means for securing the arm after adjustment, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a separator attachment forharvesting and reaping machines, of a triangular metallic frame, a separatorboard mounted therein, said frame having a socket at the rear for the reception of the nose of the harvesting-machine and a socket in its upper end, an arm mounted in said socket, a wedge between the arm and the socket, and a bolt securing the arm to the socket, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a separator attachment for harvesting or reaping machines, of a triangular cast-metal frame open in the center and having a socket at the rear end for the reception of the nose of the harvesting-machine` a nose at the forward end of said frame, a socket at the upper end, an arm secured in the socket, and a separator-board mounted in the open frame and secured thereto, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a separator-board, a frame secured to the board, an arm secured to the frame, another arm adjustably secured to the board, with a hinge-bracket, one arm of the hinge secured to the separator-board of the attachment, the other arm arranged to be secured to the separator-board of the machine, a bolt securing the hubs of the hingebracket together, and means for locking the hubs in the adjusted position, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a separator-board of having an arm secured to the other separatorboard and having a hub with a serrated face, a bolt passing through the two hubs, and a nut on the bolt for clamping the hubs together, so that the separator-board of the attachment will be held in its adjusted'position, substantially as described.

7. The combination inagrain-separatingattachment for harvesting-machines,ofaframe, a separator-board secured thereto, a socket in the frame, an arm mounted in said socket, a Wedge, and a bolt securing the arm to the frame, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a frame having a socket, an arm mounted in said socket, a projection on the frame, a wedge having a serrated face, one of the teeth of the wedge engaging the projection on the socket, and a bolt for securing the arm to the frame, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a frame having a socket, an arm mounted in the socket, a projection on the socket, a slotted wedge having teeth on one face, a projection on the frame with which the teeth engage, and a bolt passing through the wedge and the frame, substantially as described.

10. The combination of a frame, a socket, an extended plate on the socket having a projection, an arm having its end mounted in the IOO IIO

socket and secured thereto, a slotted wedge mounted between the plate of the frame and frame, a socket-bracket having an arm, said" socket-bracket being detachably secured to the side of the separator, so thatit can be applied to either side thereof, substantially as described.

12. The combination in a separator attachment for harvesting-machines, of a triangular head-frame, a separator-board secured in said frame, detachable hingebrackets carried by the board and arrangedto be attached to the separator-board of the machine, a. socket in the rear end of the frame for the nose of the said machine, the forward end of the frame being pointed, a socket in the upper portion of the frame, an arm adj ustably mounted in said socket, a bracket'arranged l3o to be secured to either side of the attachment, andan arm adjustably mounted in said bracket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 35 two subscribing witnesses.

ALPHEUS A. HAMILTON. Witnesses:

WILL. A.BARR, J os. H. KLEIN. 

